** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

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** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian Russian interference in the US 2016 pres. presidential election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian anti-Russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflictS conflicts in the middle east, Middle East, the far right far-right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're there are plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflict**S** in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

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** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflict**S** conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of the military conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

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** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of the military conflictS conflict**S** in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of the military conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

** And the second one, which makes the first a true nightmare for anyone under 60, is that while it took over 11000 years for the average temperature to rise 4 degrees and reach 0°C, it'll take humanity a little more than a century to achieve the same effect and get to 4°C.

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** And the second one, which makes the first a true nightmare for anyone under 60, is that while it took over 11000 years for the average temperature to rise 4 degrees and reach 0°C, it'll take humanity a little more less than a century to achieve the same effect and get to 4°C.

---> "[+2°C:] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" is now our optimistic scenario.

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---> "[+2°C:] "[+2 IAU[[note]]+9°C:[[/note]]] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" is now our optimistic scenario.may be a reality if the current path continues.

* [[http://xkcd.com/751/ This]] is a true nightmare depending on your own views on morality, culture and progress.** Also, it perfectly illustrates a nightmare many parents have now: you can't know (and by extention, controll) what your kids will find on the internet and when. Your child may "learn" some grown-up stuff online and try it out not knowing what they're really doing.

* [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]"Steve"]]* [[https://xkcd.com/1732/ Xkcd's comic 1732]] for two main reasons.** The first one is the implication that despite all the existing overwhelming evidence, non-scientific arguments AGAINST the theories of man-made global warming are proliferating and causing severe obstacles to efforts towards solving the problem.** And the second one, which makes the first a true nightmare for anyone under 60, is that while it took over 11000 years for the average temperature to rise 4 degrees and reach 0°C, it'll take humanity a little more than a century to achieve the same effect and get to 4°C.*** [[http://www.xkcd.com/1321/ These]] [[http://www.xkcd.com/1379/ two]] comics illustrate what that means.---> "We haven't had a day like that since the nineties. (...) What used to be normal now feels too cold."---> "[+2°C:] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" is now our optimistic scenario.

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